Including the closely related terms flooding, flood, and flood risk.
… and businesses to make better decisions about what they buy, use and waste. Biodiversity and environmental quality The climate crisis is closely intertwined with the ecological crisis, with biodiversity plummeting globally. Green space, and nature, is important to us all; it helps to lower temperature and provide clean air, supports local wildlife and absorbs rainfall to reduce flood risk. Spending…
… range of interventions including ways to minimise overheating (such as increased greenery and shading, cooler buildings, and provision of dedicated cool spaces for people to seek refuge in heatwaves), reduce flood risk and surface-water runoff (through flood alleviation measures, better strategic management of surface water, implementing sustainable drainage solutions, de-paving areas…
… this collective Climate Action Plan for Lambeth. In particular, our built environment offers opportunities to implement sustainable urban drainage systems and green infrastructure solutions that will help keep our homes and workplaces cool, reduce flood risk and increase resilience to extreme weather events. In Waste, Consumption and Food the opportunities for urban food growing that can support more…
… to come which will define our future as we grapple with the greatest challenge of our time - man-made global heating and its effects on people and our planet. These effects will not be confined to some faraway place. We have already begun to feel the effects of climate change right here in our borough. The flooding we have experienced over the last couple of years is a clear early warning sign…
… as risk of flooding during increasingly frequent heavy rainfall events. We can overcome this, but it will take action now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all sources and build our resilience to the impacts of climate change that we have already locked in. We need to support each other through this transition, so we can protect and positively influence the future of our borough, our own…